Re: [gnugo-devel] fuseki db

[Arend Bayer]

Gunnar wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > In addition to the new .db files, I have included patches here to
> > raise some limits, remove the fuseki.c popularity screen and reduce
> > the pattern size to use less memory.  Still, the compiled binary is
> > larger: 7.5M, as as compared to 4.4M for 3.6-pre4.  If there are
> > situations where binary size is critical, a trimmed version could be
> > generated.
> 
> We might consider more drastic changes as well, like using 64-bit
> Zobrist hashes to identify the patterns. It could also be an idea to
> distribute the patterns in a compressed format rather than .db format.
> (It should of course be possible to unpack to .db format, either as
> part of the build or only for inspection.)

I agree with this, but I would also be happy to add Doug's new database
as is for now. I am sure it's an improvement, so we may as well start
testing it.

Arend